This recipe comes again from my Better Homes and Gardens- Biggest Book of Cookies. I really love lime flavor and pretty much anything that is sweet-tart, so I couldn't wait to try these. The recipe overall was pretty easy- basically just mixing the ingredients together, forming into a log for chilling, slicing log into pieces and then baking. Simple right? Not exactly.
The first hitch in the plan came when it was time to "knead in enough green food coloring for desired color". Silly me decided to skip a step, and add the color with the rest of the flour, hoping that the power of the mixer would be enough to evenly distribute the color. Might have worked if I had added more than just a few drops. No big deal though- I just turned off the mixer, added like 15 or 20 twenty more drops, and without donning a pair of gloves proceeded to mix with my hands. The resulting effect (I hope you can tell from the pics) was a cool, marbled/swirly look that luckily didn't dye my hands too green.
From there you just have to split the dough in half, shape into logs and chill in the fridge for 4 to 24 hours. This is usually tough for me because for some reason I can never split the dough evenly- I always end up with one log thicker and longer than the other. And I can never keep them round- they turn out roundish/ squarish. Oh well.
So after chilling the logs overnight, now came the part I dreaded the most- slicing the logs into "1/8 inch slices". Anyone who knows me well knows that I can't draw or cut a straight line, much less slice dough into perfect, round slices. As a result, all of the cookies ended up a little more oval or square, a little thicker or thinner than intended. But still yummy all the same.
All that is left at this point is to bake the slices, let them cool and then assemble into sandwiches with the frosting. The frosting was pretty easy to make, the only tough part was getting the pistachios chopped fine enough. The frosting makes kind of a weird amount though- at first it didn't look like enough so I under-filled the sandwiches, and then towards the end I had a ton left over so I started really piling it on. But it is soooo good that I recommend really piling it on- you'll thank me :)
So, that's pretty much it. The taste is *really* limey at first-very sour yet sweet at the same time. I thought it was too much with the first bite, but then I couldn't stop eating them. They are wonderful with milk but I'm sure they would be great with lemonade too. Next time I make them I think I'm gonna try it with lemon, maybe change up the nuts to pecans or walnuts.
Until next time........
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